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Super Mario 3DS due out this year?
Miyamoto certainly hopes so.
The new 3DS Mario platformer briefly shown off last month at GDC could be on shelves before the year is out, according to Shigeru Miyamoto.
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No PS4 or new Xbox until 2014 – report
Does Nintendo have the next gen to itself?
Neither Sony or Microsoft intend to launch a new home console until 2014, so say sources close to the two platform holders.
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New DLC announced for The Settlers 7
Plus, new patch adds co-op mode.
A new DLC pack is now available for PC RTS sequel The Settlers 7, publisher Ubisoft has announced.
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SHIFT 2 DLC adds classic cars, tracks
Monza mash.
Six classic racetracks and a fleet of vintage cars are heading for SHIFT 2: Unleashed in new DLC due out on 26th April.
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3DS back on top in Japan hardware charts
Pilotwings, Homefront enter top 10.
The 3DS is back at the top of the Japanese hardware charts after a few weeks of PSP dominance.
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UKIE boss Rawlinson steps down
PEGI pioneer leaves trade body.
Michael Rawlinson has announced his resignation as director general of UK games trade body UKIE, and will step down at the end of the month.
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Free with new copies of Madness Returns.
As expected, EA has confirmed that those who buy new copies of Alice: Madness Returns will be able to download American McGee's Alice for free.
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New Heavy Melee class for Mass Effect 3
Potential spoilers inside.
UPDATE: We've run the original Spanish by our colleagues at Eurogamer.es, and have amended some of the details reported below as a result.
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Moon Diver gets Xbox 360 release date
Square Enix side-scroller goes multiplatform.
Frenetic co-op platformer Moon Diver arrives on Xbox Live Arcade on 4th May priced at 1200 Points, publisher Square Enix has announced.
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Deep Silver announces X Rebirth
Is a "fresh beginning" for series.
Space simulation series X has returned after a three year hiatus.
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Review | Resistance 3
Reinventing the wheel.
After a faithful 16-year love affair, Insomniac Games and Sony are officially seeing other people.
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Gladiator Begins PSP release date
Acquire's next hits UK shores in May.
PlayStation Portable game Gladiator Begins launches on Friday 27th May, Zen United and PQube have announced.
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EU PlayStation Store update 20th April
Red Johnson! Fancy Pants! Battle: LA!
The European PlayStation Store has wolfed down an early helping of Easter offerings this week.
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God of War 4 out September 2012 – report
UK mag cites source close to GOW universe.
God of War 4 will launch in September 2012, a UK game magazine has claimed.
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Mortal Kombat secretly nerfs characters
Perfectly balanced fighter "impossible".
Mortal Kombat creator NetherRealm has devised a new technology that allows it to re-balance the game dynamically without players noticing.
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Burn Zombie Burn! heads to iPhone, Mac
iOS platforms get death warmed up.
Undead PlayStation Network shooter Burn Zombie Burn! will be re-animated for iOS platforms this year.
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Review | Mortal Kombat
Shao we Kahn.
Last month marked the 20th anniversary of the most important fighting game ever made, and although I dare not speak its name in this opening paragraph, it shows how far the genre has progressed in two decades. It also highlights those series which started out as fresh ideas, and then thanks to a steady supply of subtle tweaks and major leaps, evolved into the current cream of the combative crop.
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Prey 2 average play through 15 hours
"More games should focus on single-player."
2012 shooter Prey 2 will on average take 15 hours to play through, developer Human Head has revealed.
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GAME selling PC Portal 2 right now
"Market reaction" to Valve's Steam release.
Pop down to your local GAME or gamestation and you'll be able to buy the PC version of Portal 2, Eurogamer can reveal.
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Sony Japan confirms PSPgo death
UPDATE: Sony "to concentrate on NGP".
UPDATE: Sony has told Japanese website AV Watch (via Kotaku) that it ended production of the PSPgo handheld "to concentrate on NGP".
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Portal sells nearly four million
Excluding Steam.
Hours after releasing Portal 2 on Steam, creator Valve has announced predecessor Portal has sold close to four million units.
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Review | Section 8: Prejudice
Survival of the fittest.
Despite generating the sort of revenue that could bail out a high street bank, first-person shooters are in crisis. There's a sense that the tide is turning against the market leaders, that too many iterations in too short a space of time have burned out the hardcore, leaving little enthusiasm for new additions to the shooter family tree. We probably won't feel the impact for another few years, but there's a large meteorite headed for these lumbering, violent dinosaurs of the gaming scene.
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The Last Guardian suffers delay
Sony delays ICO/SOTC Collection, too.
Sony has delayed PlayStaton 3 exclusives The Last Guardian and ICO/Shadow of the Colossus HD Collection.
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Epic: $1 apps are "killing us"
Games industry is "scary" right now.
Gears of War publisher Epic has singled out the rise of the $1 smartphone app as one of the biggest threats it's currently facing.
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Minecraft 1.5 update goes live
Weather, achievements, more added.
A new Minecraft patch that adds weather and achievements to the indie world-building phenomenon has just gone live.
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Telltale: Licensed games aren't dead
Simpsons, South Park deals on its wishlist.
A number of publishers have recently proclaimed that the traditional movie tie-in's days are numbered. Not only do they routinely getting a critical shoeing but people just aren't buying them anymore.
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DOW2's Last Stand gets DLC release
Co-op survival mode goes it alone.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution's Last Stand mode is available as a standalone download via Steam as of tomorrow, publisher THQ has announced.
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Sword & Sworcery EP gets iPhone date
"The way it was meant to be."
An iPhone version of eccentric iOS adventure Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP hits the App Store on Thursday.
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Microsoft combats XBLIG ratings "abuse"
Restricts ratings to Gold members.
Microsoft has restricted the rating of Xbox Live Indie Games via Xbox.com to Gold members in a bid to combat the abuse of the system.
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Centipede revival announced for 3DS, Wii
Atari arcade classic returns.
Centipede is the latest Atari arcade classic to hit the comeback trail, with the publisher today announcing an impending 3DS and Wii reboot.
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